Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-11-16

Mr.. Editor-Agin the reeders of yore
valuble jurnal finds me in the center of
the national legislation of the nation in
which we air sojcrnin. We have been
sevcrl days gittin here from Frankfurt, in
Germany, whar l wrote last, and hav
been to a good menny intrestiu places in
the meantime.
Including of these is trip on the Rine,
which believe is the vatldy mccum, er
sinyQuinOn, er somethin OF that sort fer
EVERY American of wclth, refinement
and soShJl ositur that visits Europ and
the continent. Ennyhow, that's what
Mandy s2id, when l wanted to cut acroat
the country and git TO Holland by short
rout, and as ushule, Mandy pcrvaled
agin my ycaldin mater.
And / Gin't sorry that come that way,
fer thar was a good dcel Of enjoyable
viShun along the banks of that HISTORICAL
and poetick Strecm, and mutch to reflect
on in the stateman's mind with reference
to the forms and stiles of government
which made all them castels, so orna-
mental to modern scenery, very mulch
more useful in the medallion ages. have
always heerd of the butiful Rine, but tell
| seen it had no idec thar war stitch an
amount of ruined real estate on its banks,
mites and shevaleers must have put more
morgdges on Their property than the
directors of n new railrode does when they
start business.
Before gitten out Of Germany we made
short trip down to Stootgart to see the
county seat Of the kingdom of Nurtem-
berg, with a roval family and all the
apurtcnances, includin of the ushulc tier
ants heel, that is the indispensable nd.
jrnck Of every throne. Thar's one pallas
thar called Wilhclma, about q mile or SO
in the soobcrb3, that I'd rather have than
any l have yet saw. 1t is regular little
bijoc of pallas," as Mandy says, and a
Statesman could iGjoy Lis oats cum digi-
tails il it to the highest pint. Its only q
frame house on the outside, but inside it
Is ~ cinuinc fairy drecn that the roets
write about. Taint Lecn in use for scvcrl
| vera, but tie people pay for keepin it up
| just tho same.
Tic rurt!cst thing seen in Stootgart
was @ pictcr of Nlrs. Cleveland on q sig
Gcrct sine. / seen the ricter in n segar
store vindcr, whar ! went in, hopin to
find Il chaw of long green; but all in vain
Tho early eadication sistem Of this coun-
try, cs have befocr remarked, is serious
| ly defective. But as | was sayin, I seen
| this picter. 1t war almost life size, done
! up in cullcrs and SO forth, and hangin
thar lo0kin so material and unexpected
thHt took CT my hat to it and made n
bow. Taint much OF q compliment to
Mrs. Cleveland, r!ebbe, TO be made sig
gerct sine out Of, but if she knowed how
, much Good it done wanderin patriot
Sccin her r!ctcr away Off thar, she'd fee;
like cool S2marating, and let the sig
Ccrct makers ecater her coed looks al,
| over Europe and the continent
As ] said bcfoar, didn't Git the chnw
OF NJ green that my incrmost sole longed
fer, b"t 1 forgot ell about it, and the same
rerpus was Cnsercd as eff Led.
Ii hadn't knowed before hand that
the Hague was the capital Of Holland,
IHe l,noWcd it rs soon ns struck the
town, for it has the air of d place that
makes its Irwin out Of politics and it re-
minded me u good deal of Washinton
Thar3 Il GOOD NANNY people around that
aiu't Tor(,in themselves to dcth, and ere
anGasia comretencics out Of it. and thar
is an inclination APPARENT not TO went to
enter thar LCssi9 in n two forty class when
ten minute class will git them thar
plenty soon enuG fer all rrccticle per
pusCs. The King wasn't at home. and we
Pei fifteen cents, the standin price, to see
his p@llas, which IS nifty poor pallas fer
an independent king, but it might do fer
some of the lnverty brate royalty OF the
|
Was viSibcl though in the person Of our
landlord, who charged US thirty cents
American money fer two spoonsful of
tried rcrtatCro, and rertaters Gcilin in the
markets at less than that fer II half bushei
The name of the hotel was the ''To1
Last" and Mandy said she dident Sc,
whar the tierents heel could fit Oh that, bI,:
Mandy amt Civvin up her sallery fer this
trip, and besides ono of Mandy's jokes ia
SO seldom that it is purity nigh rs thick cs
molales that have stood in the bari over
two CT three seasons.
went TO sec the leg!slct!v halls, OF
coarse, and found them in n bildln, part
OF which was in the neighborhood Of n
thousand years old and tT;ct az u.ly,
Tho senate, Is Ushulc, was better than AZ
house, and was Gxed up purity CcrGuu,
with pictures, ct >@try, but the house was
plane, and the seelins and walls WIS
stucliocd white with all the lite cumin il
from the top, which seems to be com.
mon in every legislative chamber l have
been in. reckon that is to get heavens
own lite strate down, without gcttin in
site of the gro.er elements Of crth. Tho
hall was oblong, with the speakers desk
Ut ono end, and the members seats was
covered with green cloth, hidin all Tx
wood work and maxim the room look lik.
| 1t had been drGped in green mournin
Thar was benches instid Of cheers, each
bench aCcomodatin three members, and
the seets looked more like sofyt
than anything else, but not com
Portable enough to sleep on and the
desks was plenty big enough TO write on
1t was the most peculyer lookin chambe,
had been In, but it VI as away ahead Of
the English house of commons and away
behind our own arcny OF sallcrried pat
triots The galleries was the same old
thing, namely, 10 wit: everybody provided
fer except the people.
reckon the newspapers must be Q
power in this country like they mir In oui
own CRATE and cloryous republic, fer in
every chamber yit il seemed to me they
had the choicest seets in the house Con
gress wasn't in session and the place was
lonesome, hut the young woman whc
showed US around said the members was
very nice mon, and the amount Of Day she
told us they got was jist about enough t
pay fer the incidental ncetlcessarics OF lift
fer an American statesman on duty IL
Washington, Prices IN Holland is high OF
, I eVprythiuV